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The Uvalde City Council has claimed that “every single officer” from the city who was involved in the widely criticized response to the Robb Elementary School shooting will be investigated. This claim, as first spotted by CNN, was made by councilman Ernest “Chip” King III during a lengthy meeting held on Tuesday. Among the items […]
Kodak Black is again speaking out about his recent arrest in Florida, saying the behavior of police amounts to “character assassination.” As previously reported, Kodak was released from jail on bond earlier this month after initially being arrested during a traffic stop police claimed was due to window tints and an expired tag. Charges, per […]
Representative Glenn Thompson, a Pennsylvania Republican, attended his gay son’s wedding just days after voting against a House bill that would codify the right to same-sex marriages into federal law. On July 19, three days before his son tied the knot, Thompson was one of 157 Republicans to oppose the legislation known as the Respect for Marriage Act, abbreviated […]
A 37-year-old woman was shot by police after she allegedly fired a handgun inside Dallas Love Field Airport on Monday morning. The Fort-Worth Star Telegram reports Portia Odufuwa, 37, arrived at the airport around 11 a.m., when she entered a bathroom by a Southwest airlines ticket counter. Odufuwa changed into a hoodie, exited the bathroom, pulled out […]
Pope Francis delivered a public apology on Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “catastrophic” residential school system for Indigenous children, and asked for forgiveness for the “evil committed by so many Christians.” “I am here because the first step of my penitential pilgrimage among you is that of again asking forgiveness, of telling you […]
A New Jersey woman has been sentenced in connection with a GoFundMe scam that raised $400,000 by creating a fake story about a homeless veteran. According to the Burlington County Sheriff’s Office, a federal judge on Thursday sentenced Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown, to one year and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. McClure […]
A 19-foot boat is said to have been “in the right place at the wrong time” following a wild water-breaching whale incident caught in since-made-viral footage. As you’ve likely seen making the usual rounds in recent days, the footage in question—which shows vessels off the coast of Massachusetts in the Plymouth area, per a report from […]
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations is looking into the death of a Georgia woman who died last week after falling out of a moving police car. WMAZ reports Brianna Grier, 28, was pronounced dead on July 21 following an “in-custody incident with Hancock County Sheriff’s Office deputies.” The incident occurred on July 15, when Grier’s mother called […]
Alena Analeigh Wicker has made history. The 13-year-old Texas girl was recently accepted into the University of Alabama’s Heersink School of Medicine, making her the youngest Black student to ever gain admission into a U.S. medical school. Alena received the big news back in May, just a year after she received her high school diploma. Since then, the […]
The family of Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was killed by police last month, has asked the United States Justice Department to investigate his death. Lawyers for the family announced the request during a press conference Wednesday, on what would’ve marked Walker’s 26th birthday. Attorney Bobby DiCello told reporters his clients are questioning the integrity of the probe, […]
